Asia Pacific – Top 20

The World Quizzing Championships 2017 saw 729 players from the Asia Pacific heading out to take part in the quiz.

Introducing Movin Miranda, the highest-scoring player from Asia Pacific.

Movin is originally from Bangalore, India but lives with his wife and daughter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he is a general manager at Petromar Energy Services, a company trading in oil and gas. Movin was educated in Rajajinagar, West Bangalore and has long been active in quiz, nationally and internationally. His first big break in quizzing was in the very popular Indian TV show QUIZ-TIME where he reached the top four in 1986.

He often collaborates in setting questions with his old pals in Bangalore and tells us that his favourite quizzing project is an annual quiz involving some 200 schools in Malaysia each year for his Rotary club at five cities spread over Malaysia. Movin placed #29th overall in this year’s KQA MindSweep Quiz and can currently be found playing in the ‘Jaguars A3’ division of 2020Quiz.

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Overall)

Reg Pos

Glo Pos

Name

Region

Country

Total Score

Med

Hst

Sci

Ent

Cul

Lif

Spt

Wld

1

36

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

133

18

21

23

12

20

21

9

18

2

70

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

123

17

20

15

16

14

20

19

16

3

104

Ross Evans

Pacific

Australia

118

17

21

18

5

17

18

12

15

4

109

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

117

19

11

19

14

17

15

16

17

5

114

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

116

19

12

20

10

18

23

7

14

6

121

Kelvin Lange

Pacific

New Zealand

115

15

13

14

16

9

17

20

20

7

163

R Jayakanthan

Asia

India

109

23

11

16

12

13

21

11

13

8

164

Michael Sanders

Pacific

Australia

109

20

14

15

13

14

19

11

14

9

170

Arul Mani

Asia

India

108

19

16

17

8

17

17

8

14

10

172

Ravi Avva

Asia

India

108

17

10

20

5

11

22

16

12

11

174

Nikhil Soneja

Asia

UAE

107

21

18

11

17

14

15

10

11

12

184

Andrew Charles

Pacific

New Zealand

106

12

20

18

12

12

17

15

11

13

186

Thejaswi Udupa

Asia

India

106

23

10

16

12

13

19

10

13

14

194

Rajiv Rai

Asia

India

106

18

12

16

4

16

18

13

13

15

195

Chandrakant Nair

Asia

India

106

16

10

16

4

17

15

16

16

16

198

Leon Derry

Pacific

Australia

105

11

12

21

16

11

18

11

16

17

211

Varun Rajiv

Asia

India

104

25

8

13

12

11

20

11

12

18

216

David Regal

Pacific

Australia

103

14

17

13

12

14

16

16

13

19

217

David Nadora

SE Asia

Philippines

103

14

19

14

10

15

11

16

14

20

239

Tom Colocci

SE Asia

Singapore

102

18

17

17

11

11

16

12

8

Genre Winners

The following tables show the top 20 highest placed players in the region. Because ties in genre positions aren't split, sometimes there will be more than 20 names listed.

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Media)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Media

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Varun Rajiv

Asia

India

25

104

211

2

R Jayakanthan

Asia

India

23

109

163

3

Thejaswi Udupa

Asia

India

23

106

186

4

Govind Grewal

Asia

India

21

97

309

4

Santosh J S

Asia

India

21

96

324

4

Nikhil Soneja

Asia

UAE

21

107

174

7

Michael Sanders

Pacific

Australia

20

109

164

7

Abhinav Dasgupta

Asia

India

20

76

755

7

Abhishek Kapoor

Asia

India

20

97

321

7

Mario Fernando

Asia

India

20

86

524

11

Harish Swaminathan

Asia

India

19

81

642

11

Caleb Liu

SE Asia

Singapore

19

97

313

11

Arul Mani

Asia

India

19

108

170

11

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

19

117

109

11

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

19

116

114

16

Rhovee Vistan

Asia

UAE

18

101

251

16

Rajiv Rai

Asia

India

18

106

194

16

Jake Jacobs

SE Asia

Singapore

18

91

415

16

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

18

133

36

16

Tom Colocci

SE Asia

Singapore

18

102

239

16

Aniket Khasgiwale

Asia

India

18

96

334

16

Rushi Anandan

Asia

India

18

80

651

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (History)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

History

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

21

133

36

1

Vijay Siddharth

SE Asia

Singapore

21

87

510

1

Ross Evans

Pacific

Australia

21

118

104

4

Andrew Charles

Pacific

New Zealand

20

106

184

4

Paul Gardner

Pacific

New Zealand

20

69

953

4

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

20

123

70

7

Abhijit Banerjee

Asia

India

19

88

489

7

Kunal Sawardekar

Asia

India

19

98

298

7

David Nadora

SE Asia

Philippines

19

103

217

10

Nikhil Soneja

Asia

UAE

18

107

174

10

Jason Taylor

Pacific

Australia

18

81

643

10

Haren Fernando

Asia

Sri Lanka

18

85

556

13

Augustus Botrous Guco

SE Asia

Philippines

17

69

942

13

Tom Colocci

SE Asia

Singapore

17

102

239

13

David Regal

Pacific

Australia

17

103

216

16

Lindon Johnsson

Pacific

Australia

16

60

1243

16

Arul Mani

Asia

India

16

108

170

18

Rahul Raju

Asia

Kuwait

15

92

399

18

Shirantha De Alwis

Asia

Sri Lanka

15

87

513

18

Amit De

Asia

India

15

81

641

18

Sreeradh R P

Asia

UAE

15

93

371

18

Jia Yao Kuek

SE Asia

Singapore

15

66

1039

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Sciences)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Sciences

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

23

133

36

2

Rhovee Vistan

Asia

UAE

22

101

251

3

Selwyn Clyde Alojipan

SE Asia

Philippines

21

74

812

3

Leon Derry

Pacific

Australia

21

105

198

5

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

20

116

114

5

Ravi Avva

Asia

India

20

108

172

5

Arun Hiregange

Asia

India

20

97

320

5

Phillip Huggard

Pacific

Australia

20

86

525

5

Danilo Balagtas

SE Asia

Philippines

20

88

472

5

Annie Sen Gupta

Asia

India

20

100

269

11

Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka

Asia

India

19

92

394

11

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

19

117

109

11

Gordon McGregor

Pacific

Australia

19

94

363

14

Abhirami G

Asia

India

18

65

1067

14

Nikhil Sonde

Asia

India

18

93

379

14

Andrew Charles

Pacific

New Zealand

18

106

184

14

Ross Evans

Pacific

Australia

18

118

104

14

Vikram Balasubramanian

SE Asia

Singapore

18

88

482

19

Kaushik Chatterjee

Asia

India

17

39

2017

19

Justin McKenzie

Pacific

Australia

17

64

1094

19

Debashree Mitra

Asia

India

17

87

501

19

Arul Mani

Asia

India

17

108

170

19

Tom Colocci

SE Asia

Singapore

17

102

239

19

Jk Lakshmi

Asia

India

17

73

838

19

Ananthapadmanabhan G

Asia

India

17

66

1021

19

Pat Barrett

Pacific

New Zealand

17

86

531

19

Lathika Niriella

Asia

Sri Lanka

17

96

325

19

Rajagopal P.S

Asia

India

17

89

440

19

Dhruv Mangal

Asia

India

17

72

862

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Entertainment)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Entertainment

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Nikhil Soneja

Asia

UAE

17

107

174

2

Leon Derry

Pacific

Australia

16

105

198

2

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

16

123

70

2

Kelvin Lange

Pacific

New Zealand

16

115

121

5

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

14

117

109

5

Abhishek Kapoor

Asia

India

14

97

321

7

Alok Mohan

Asia

UAE

13

89

464

7

Michael Sanders

Pacific

Australia

13

109

164

7

Caleb Liu

SE Asia

Singapore

13

97

313

7

Honza Mikula

Pacific

Australia

13

70

912

11

Santosh J S

Asia

India

12

96

324

11

David Regal

Pacific

Australia

12

103

216

11

Chris Ho

Pacific

Australia

12

70

914

11

Jake Jacobs

SE Asia

Singapore

12

91

415

11

Benj Espina

SE Asia

Philippines

12

76

744

11

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

12

133

36

11

Aditya Gadre

Asia

India

12

90

423

11

Varun Rajiv

Asia

India

12

104

211

11

Danilo Balagtas

SE Asia

Philippines

12

88

472

11

Andrew Charles

Pacific

New Zealand

12

106

184

11

Thejaswi Udupa

Asia

India

12

106

186

11

R Jayakanthan

Asia

India

12

109

163

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Culture)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Culture

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

20

133

36

2

Shubhankar Gokhale

Asia

India

18

101

250

2

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

18

116

114

4

Ross Evans

Pacific

Australia

17

118

104

4

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

17

117

109

4

Abhijit Banerjee

Asia

India

17

88

489

4

Chandrakant Nair

Asia

India

17

106

195

4

Arul Mani

Asia

India

17

108

170

4

Haren Fernando

Asia

Sri Lanka

17

85

556

4

Annie Sen Gupta

Asia

India

17

100

269

11

Rajiv Rai

Asia

India

16

106

194

11

Debashree Mitra

Asia

India

16

87

501

11

Vijay Siddharth

SE Asia

Singapore

16

87

510

11

Vikram Balasubramanian

SE Asia

Singapore

16

88

482

15

Aditya Gadre

Asia

India

15

90

423

15

Augustus Botrous Guco

SE Asia

Philippines

15

69

942

15

David Nadora

SE Asia

Philippines

15

103

217

15

Somasish Ghosh

Asia

India

15

86

536

15

Abhishek Kapoor

Asia

India

15

97

321

15

Anirudh Chari

Asia

India

15

78

704

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Lifestyle)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Lifestyle

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Suraj Menon

Asia

India

23

95

342

1

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

23

116

114

3

Ravi Avva

Asia

India

22

108

172

4

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

21

133

36

4

Brydon Coverdale

Pacific

Australia

21

97

310

4

R Jayakanthan

Asia

India

21

109

163

7

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

20

123

70

7

Varun Rajiv

Asia

India

20

104

211

7

Chris Ho

Pacific

Australia

20

70

914

7

Nikhil Sonde

Asia

India

20

93

379

7

Mick Logue

Pacific

Australia

20

92

391

7

Paul Bakker

Pacific

Australia

20

90

433

13

Thejaswi Udupa

Asia

India

19

106

186

13

Michael Sanders

Pacific

Australia

19

109

164

13

John Louie Matira

SE Asia

Philippines

19

75

782

13

Holly Wulf

Pacific

Australia

19

72

851

13

Alvin Julian

SE Asia

Philippines

19

88

484

13

Nicholas Pang

SE Asia

Malaysia

19

82

603

13

Santosh J S

Asia

India

19

96

324

13

Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka

Asia

India

19

92

394

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (Sport and Games)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

Sport & Games

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Shubhankar Gokhale

Asia

India

22

101

250

2

Atul Mathew

Asia

UAE

21

79

669

3

Kelvin Lange

Pacific

New Zealand

20

115

121

4

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

19

123

70

5

Aniket Khasgiwale

Asia

India

18

96

334

6

Mick Logue

Pacific

Australia

17

92

391

7

S. Venkatraghavan

Asia

India

16

79

667

7

Pratyush Jha

Asia

India

16

60

1244

7

David Nadora

SE Asia

Philippines

16

103

217

7

Siddharth Vij

Asia

India

16

86

533

7

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

16

117

109

7

Ravi Avva

Asia

India

16

108

172

7

Chandrakant Nair

Asia

India

16

106

195

7

Phil Denman

Pacific

Australia

16

77

714

7

David Regal

Pacific

Australia

16

103

216

16

Andrew Charles

Pacific

New Zealand

15

106

184

16

Gordon McGregor

Pacific

Australia

15

94

363

16

Aravind Vijayasarathy

Asia

India

15

86

530

16

Gokul S

Asia

India

15

89

458

20

Tom Keck

Pacific

Australia

14

79

679

20

Keitaro Kataoka

SE Asia

Japan

14

67

1001

20

Sreeradh R P

Asia

UAE

14

93

371

20

Ashwin Balasubramaniam

Asia

India

14

75

778

20

Hasini Minuwanpitiya

Asia

Sri Lanka

14

69

950

20

Selwyn Clyde Alojipan

SE Asia

Philippines

14

74

812

20

Harish Swaminathan

Asia

India

14

81

642

20

Piyush Singh

Asia

India

14

68

989

20

Holly Wulf

Pacific

Australia

14

72

851

Asia Pacific - Top 20 (World)

Genre Position
(AsiaPacific)

Name

Region

Country

World

Total WQC
Score

Global Position
(Overall)

1

Kelvin Lange

Pacific

New Zealand

20

115

121

2

Shirantha De Alwis

Asia

Sri Lanka

18

87

513

2

Shubhankar Gokhale

Asia

India

18

101

250

2

Movin Miranda

SE Asia

Malaysia

18

133

36

5

Vinoo Sanjay

Asia

India

17

117

109

6

Sreeradh R P

Asia

UAE

16

93

371

6

Chandrakant Nair

Asia

India

16

106

195

6

Rahul Raju

Asia

Kuwait

16

92

399

6

Issa Schultz

Pacific

Australia

16

123

70

6

Leon Derry

Pacific

Australia

16

105

198

6

Kunal Sawardekar

Asia

India

16

98

298

6

Walter Hall

Asia

Sri Lanka

16

75

767

13

Ross Evans

Pacific

Australia

15

118

104

13

Abhijit Banerjee

Asia

India

15

88

489

13

Gordon McGregor

Pacific

Australia

15

94

363

16

Vikram Balasubramanian

SE Asia

Singapore

14

88

482

16

Samanth Subramanian

Asia

India

14

116

114

16

Arul Mani

Asia

India

14

108

170

16

Krishnamurthi J

Asia

India

14

90

435

16

David Nadora

SE Asia

Philippines

14

103

217

16

Michael Sanders

Pacific

Australia

14

109

164

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